Wednesday, 16 December 2015

Morning - surprise, I'm getting the winners post up on schedule!!! We had a great selection of cards for our Thanks/Thanksgiving theme from ultra CAS to quite shabby! All fabulous work. Here are the winners:

Congratulations to you all. Please pick up your badges from the sidebar and display them on your blogs!

A quick reminder that we have only one challenge this month, and you won't be surprised to know that the theme is CHRISTMAS OR SEASONAL GREETINGS. You've got plenty of time to join in as this challenge runs until midnight (GMT) Tuesday 29th December (7.00pm EDT). The challenge winners will be announced when we come back in the new year.

Wednesday, 9 December 2015

Hello and welcome to The Male Room. It's time for our last challenge of the year, and it will be no surprise that we've gone for a theme of CHRISTMAS OR SEASONAL GREETINGS. You can, of course, create a masculine style project based on any of the holidays that take place at this time of year, such as Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, or Yule.

Our Guest Designer for December is Linda of Creepin Along, and she has made a wonderfully masculine card. Chevron paper, fabulous stag head and a gorgeous snowflake embellishment - just perfect! Do drop by and leave a comment or two!

This challenge will run until midnight Tuesday 29th December (7.00pm EDT). The challenge winners will be announced when we come back in the New Year. The first challenge of 2016 is on Wednesday 6th January.

Wednesday, 2 December 2015

Hello! Sorry this post is much later than planned! I completely forgot to write it up. There were some wonderful submissions for our Remembrance/Sympathy theme, but we can only pick a few. So here are the winners:

We really like the rich colours in the sponged background and the soft glow in the sun.

Love the reeds in the foreground. Super simple sentiment.

Thanks you ladies - your cards are all just fabulous. Don't forget to pick up your badges from the sidebar and display them on your blogs.

And now it's time to remind you about our current challenge. This one is fun, the theme is Thanks/Thanksgiving. Obviously Thanksgiving in the US was last week, but we can never have too many cards to thank all those around us - just make sure your project has a masculine feel.

Deadline for submission is Tuesday 8th December, midnight (GMT) and for those of us in North America that's 7.00pm EDT. Have fun!

Wednesday, 18 November 2015

Oops! Sorry folks, running a bit late with the winners post! Got busy at home tidying my craft room!! I think the Hardware challenge was quite a challenge - so thanks to everyone who played along. Without further ado, here are the winners:

Wednesday, 11 November 2015

Good morning! Can you believe it's almost halfway through November? No, me neither! But it is time for our new challenge here at The Male Room. This post goes live on Armistice Day - a time when many countries commemorate the end of the First World War at 11.00am on 11th November 1918. The day is also known as Poppy Day, and here in the States, is called Veterans Day. It is a time to remember all those lives lost in the many wars that have happened, and are still happening around the world.

Our theme for the next couple of weeks is to make a male style project with the theme of REMEMBRANCE OR SYMPATHY. It's always hard to make a sympathy card, so this prompt may help you create something for you to keep until needed.

Our Guest Designer for November is Vicki of Stamp Smiles, please do visit her blog and leave a comment. Vicki has opted to create a sympathy card:

Now for some inspiration from the Design Team. Please do visit our individual blogs and leave a comment - we all like them - thanks!

Wednesday, 4 November 2015

Good morning from an unseasonable warm and sunny Northville, not that I'm complaining at all!!
We had so many fantastic submissions for our Halloween challenge, from 3D projects to ultra CAS cards. The thumbnail display was just fabulous! Here are our winners.

Thank you for playing along - do pick up your badges from our sidebar and display them on your blogs.

Now it's time to remind you about our current challenge. We have a stash challenge to use up some of that HARDWARE in your stash. Get out those brads, the eyelets, charms, cogs, and even metal buttons - put them to go use on your projects. You've got until midnight (GMT) Wednesday 10th November (7.00pm EDT) to play along.

Wednesday, 28 October 2015

Welcome to The Male Room. It's time for our new challenge and this time we want you to use some of your stash. I'm sure, that like me, you have lots of hardware in your stash. What do I mean by hardware? Well it's all those charms, eyelets, brads and other types of HARD stash. Get creative and make your masculine theme project using HARDWARE!